POLI 201 Study Guide - Final Guide: Liberal Democracy, Totalitarianism, New Public Management
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They also deal with international organizations, ngo"s, religious movements etc . International state system is a formal anarchy decentralized system without any true government. International law pressures state legal and binding situations to prevent them from disturbing the international peace. Done through the use of treaties, economic sanctions, etc. The law of the sea is a set of laws regarding the ownership of the ocean. After the 1950"s a set of international law dealt with fisheries, jurisdiction, and seabed mining laws. Coastal states have exclusive economic zones of 200 nautical miles that give them preferential right to the sea, but past that it"s essentially fair game . The un came as a result of the second world war in an effort to prevent another major world war. Security council was formed within that gave veto power and indefinite membership to five major states. Only two successful attempts at collective security are the korean war and the gulf war.